Charles' Crime / Punishment Blog

A 34-year-old housewife, who was found shot to death along with her three children in their SUV near Interstate 55 in June, had a $1 million life insurance policy ... Read More

A 63-year-old sex offender who has spent most of his life in prison for sex crimes, has been charged with a seventh murder in Illinois in 1978, one of ... Read More

Convicted sex offenders can face 18 months in jail and fines of $10,000 if they are caught in New Jersey using the Internet for anything but doing or seeking ... Read More

Three suspects have pleaded not guilty to 18 charges filed in connection with a Las Vegas school bus stop shooting that left six people wounded. A fourth suspect is ... Read More

"All effective law enforcement programs require the concern and active participation and cooperation of the citizenry to succeed. No matter how well organized, equipped, energetic, or highly motivated a ... Read More

A Washington woman and her live-in boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the Christmas Eve shooting deaths of six members of her family. Michele Kristen Anderson, 29, and ... Read More

The top crime stories which got the most attention in 2007 included a campus massacre, a rape that never took place, a jury that could not come to a ... Read More

These are people who have been missing for an extended period of time and their cases are being investigated by the FBI. Some have been kidnapped and others have ... Read More

Many crimes have been solved and many other prevented because some alert person picked up the telephone and reported suspicious activity to the FBI. Now information about crimes and ... Read More

Huntington, West Virginia, Police said they are certain a body found in a basement crawlspace is that of missing Marshall University student Leah Hickman, who disappeared Dec. 14. Although ... Read More

The holiday season is filled with happiness and celebration, but it can also be a time of danger. Unfortunately, there are criminals who use this time of year to ... Read More

Investigators are seeking information about a 21-year-old Marshall University student who disappeared between 5:40 p.m. Dec. 14 when she bought food at a fast food restaurant and 9:30 p.m. ... Read More

A man who spent 20 years on death row after he was convicted of setting a fire that killed a two-year-old girl, will plead no contest today and will ... Read More

A man has been arrested in Mexico in connection with the murder of the Kansas college student who also turned out to be an Internet porn star. Authorities said ... Read More

Four people have been arrested in connection with a school bus stop shooting in Las Vegas that left six people wounded. An 18-year-old was arrested in Denver last week ... Read More

The holidays can present potentially dangerous situations for children. We all need to be more careful, prepared and aware during the holiday season. Some simple prevention measures can help keep your children ... Read More

Authorities in Aruba have officially closed the investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway without bringing any charges against anyone. Aruban prosecutors said they had exhausted all ... Read More

The holiday season is a time when busy people can become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. Don't let the rush and excitement of the ... Read More

Don't let your holidays be ruined by becoming the victim of a crime. Unfortunately, not everyone out there has a peace-on-earth-good-will-toward-men attitude at this time of year. These tips ... Read More

New Jersey, home of some of the most violent cities in the United States, became the first state in the nation to legislatively abolish the death penalty since 1976, ... Read More

The man suspected in the disappearance of college student Brooke Wilberger has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for a rape and kidnapping in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Joel ... Read More

The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a judge's order to force medicate one of the accused kidnappers of Elizabeth Smart in order to make her competent to stand trial. ... Read More

The man suspected of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer has been sentenced to 438 years in prison for his September conviction of sexually assaulting two sisters near a city ... Read More

The toddler the nation came to know as "Baby Grace" after her body washed up in Galveston Bay in a plastic storage bin was tortured and beaten to death by ... Read More

A Texas couple accused of tampering with evidence in the "Baby Grace" case have now been indicted on capital murder. Kimberly Dawn Trenor and her husband, Royce Clyde Zeigler ... Read More

Six high school students were shot, two of them critically wounded, as they stepped off a school bus in northeast Las Vegas. Authorities believe the shooting was related to ... Read More

A 24-year-old Colorado man who was homeschooled in a "very religious" family has been identified as the shooter who killed four people Sunday at two locations associated with the ... Read More

Driving on shopping trips during the holidays requires some extra safety precautions. These tips can help you be more careful, prepared and aware during the holiday season and avoid ... Read More

Jason Derek Brown has been added to the FBI's most wanted list. A fugitive from Phoenix, Brown is wanted for the murder and robbery of armored car guard Robert ... Read More

Recently, Nick Bollea, 17, son of famed professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, found himself arrested and included in the Crime and Punishment Celebrity Mug Shot Gallery. Find out why every ... Read More

Actor Daniel Baldwin failed to appear in court for a progress report on his drug rehabilitation effort, forcing a California judge to issue a no-bail bench warrant for his ... Read More

On December 4, 2007, former Tampa teacher Debra Lafave, 27, was arrested for probation violation for talking about non-work related topics including family problems, friends, high school, personal life, boyfriend ... Read More

A 20-year-old Nebraska man opened fire at a busy Omaha mall with an assault rifle, killing eight people and wounding five others, before turning the gun on himself. Robert ... Read More

Criminals take advantage of the holiday season to prey on those who are unsuspecting and generous and some of them will come right to your front door. These tips from the ... Read More

On the day her attorney was planning to file a motion asking that her home confinement sentence be reduced, Debra Lafave was arrested at the restaurant where she works ... Read More

Janelle Batkins, 42, faces nine counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree for allegedly having sex multiple times with a 17 year old student. Batkins, a former ... Read More

Joseph Edward Duncan III has entered guilty pleas to 10 federal charges in connection with the kidnapping of Dylan and Shasta Groene and the murder of Dylan in a ... Read More

A Salem, Oregon man has been sentenced to a total of 138 years in prison partially because of the state's new Jessica Law passed in 2006. Michael David Robinson, ... Read More

Dental records have confirmed that a body found near a Kansas highway is missing community college student and Internet porn star Emily Sander, authorities said. An autopsy has been ... Read More

A 22-year-old Ohio man and his 24-year-old girlfriend have been arrested by FBI agents in West Virginia in connection with a robbery of $7 million from an armored car company. ... Read More

Authorities have arrested four Lee County, Florida, men in connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. Miami-Dade Police Department Director Robert Parker said the suspects ... Read More